David Elliot
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3099247 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | David Elliot |
| NOMBRES | David |
| APELLIDO | Elliot |
| FIRMA | ELLIOT D |
| AFILIACIONES | Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 4 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2018 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Anthropologies of Hope and Despair
The physical criteria that determine who is and who is not eligible for assisted suicide imply that some lives—such as lives with disability—are less “objectively” worthwhile than others. Besides being degrading and discriminatory, this view is self-deceived. Aging makes both the nondisabled and disabled prone over time to experience increasingly serious disabilities, from impaired mobility to hearing loss. Anthropologies that undermine life with…
Institutionalizing Inequality
The recent legalization of assisted dying in California, along with similar bills before other states, returned assisted suicide to the national spotlight. In Anglo-American dying bills, two criteria restrict eligibility for assisted suicide: (1) the uncoerced request to die (roughly, the “autonomy” criterion) and (2) severely deteriorated health of a certain kind (roughly, the “physical” criterion) from a six-month terminal illness (US jurisdict…
Hope and Christian Ethics
The theological virtue of hope has long been neglected in Christian ethics. However, as social, civic and global anxieties mount, the need to overcome despair has become urgent. This book proposes the theological virtue of hope as a promising source of rejuvenation. Theological hope sustains us from the sloth, presumption and despair that threaten amid injustice, tragedy and dying; it provides an ultimate meaning and transcendent purpose to our l…
Gary Keogh, The Evolution of Hope
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Gary Keogh, The Evolution of Hope
Hope and Christian Ethics
The theological virtue of hope has long been neglected in Christian ethics. However, as social, civic and global anxieties mount, the need to overcome despair has become urgent. This book proposes the theological virtue of hope as a promising source of rejuvenation. Theological hope sustains us from the sloth, presumption and despair that threaten amid injustice, tragedy and dying; it provides an ultimate meaning and transcendent purpose to our l…
Anthropologies of Hope and Despair
The physical criteria that determine who is and who is not eligible for assisted suicide imply that some lives—such as lives with disability—are less “objectively” worthwhile than others. Besides being degrading and discriminatory, this view is self-deceived. Aging makes both the nondisabled and disabled prone over time to experience increasingly serious disabilities, from impaired mobility to hearing loss. Anthropologies that undermine life with…
Institutionalizing Inequality
The recent legalization of assisted dying in California, along with similar bills before other states, returned assisted suicide to the national spotlight. In Anglo-American dying bills, two criteria restrict eligibility for assisted suicide: (1) the uncoerced request to die (roughly, the “autonomy” criterion) and (2) severely deteriorated health of a certain kind (roughly, the “physical” criterion) from a six-month terminal illness (US jurisdict…
Sociology (4 obras) · Law (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · Environmental ethics (2 obras) · Philosophy (2 obras) · Theological Perspectives and Practices (2 obras) · Theology (2 obras) · Assisted suicide (1 obras) · Autonomy (1 obras) · Biology (1 obras)